Ladera Heights residents continue to push back on proposed rezoning plans [Video]

LADERA HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Communities across California are required to plan for housing needs every five or eight years, but the process can lead to confusion and tension, as is currently the case in Ladera Heights.

On a hot Friday afternoon, Ladera Heights resident Daphne Bradford led neighbors, city and county staff on a walking tour.

“They’re going to see our beautiful community,” Bradford told Eyewitness News just before beginning the tour.

Bradford, who has lived in Ladera Heights for more than 30 years, has a clear goal in mind: “collaboration and negotiation,” she said.

She and other residents are pushing back against rezoning plans in Ladera Heights, a predominantly African American community largely made up of single family homes.

It’s an area impacted by Los Angeles city and Los Angeles county plans to create so-called “opportunity zones,” areas that would be rezoned for the opportunity to meet housing needs determined by the state, …